Barton & Brunswick

Traffic volume14-hour count · Jun 11, 2024

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 1,595 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 56% of the total, against 457 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the west (499 of 947). Evening rush dominates here: 360 vehicles in the peak hour from 3:15 p.m., against 264 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

Peak hours: 264 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 360 from 3:15 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

The worst year was 2022, with 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 11, 2026.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

How fast traffic moves here

On Brunswick Ave between Joseph Burr Tyrrell Park Trl and Lowther Ave, 223 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in May 2013 put the average speed at 27 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 34 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 38 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,000 vehicles a day. The reading is 13 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Barton Ave between Albany Ave and Bathurst St measured slower: 25 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 33 km/h (Sep 2025) — a much more recent reading than the one above. 2 speed humps slow traffic on Barton Avenue between Albany Ave and Brunswick Ave.

Traffic calming

Barton Avenue (Albany Ave – Brunswick Ave): 2 speed humps

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

• Groceries and food9/30

  6 grocery stores within 1 km · 192 within 1 km

• Transit14/28

  Spadina Station 0.4 km · 16 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go8/14

  library 582 m away · 8 places of interest within 1.5 km

• Parks and recreation7/10

  4 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 0.8 km

• Schools and child care8/8

  7 schools within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m

• Crossing on foot2/10

  traffic calming

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Within a kilometre there are 59 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 4,265 rental units, 3.9× the median for a Toronto intersection — four social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 376 Brunswick Ave (73 m, 13 units, 3 storeys, built 1888), which scored 71 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 59 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm.

59 registered buildings · 4,265 units · 4 social housing · tallest 24 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

Six thefts from vehicles and 14 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 3.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 2.0 a year. 83% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 50% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.

Police offset every occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing, so these are thefts on the streets and premises around this node, not necessarily at the corner itself. Other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see Annex.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Jun 11, 2024.
• Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
• All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
• Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
• Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts; Traffic Calming Database.
• Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
• Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
• Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
• Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 11 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
• Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
• Coordinates: 43.66891, -79.40864 · centreline node 13463748.